West Ham have released three first team players when their contracts expire on June 30 in the capital and have also shipped out two players for permanent fees.

Manuel Pellegrini has seen his squad close up for a year now and has now got a far better idea of who fits and who doesn't and he has decided that Andy Carroll, Samir Nasri, Adrian, Edimilson Fernandes and Lucas Perez are not going to figure from him from August 2019 onwards.

The first three have been released at the end of their deals while Fernandes has joined Mainz in Germany and Perez has been let go to join Alaves in Spain.

Pellegrini was handed a transfer budget of £30m to play with this summer, a drastic reduction on the £89.5m he shelled out this time last year, to spend on new players but is allowed to spend what he can bring back to the club.

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So that £30m has already been expanded to £40.2m with figures that have been given to football.london as Fernandes' deal to join Mainz was worth around £8m, while Perez's switch to Alaves has cost the Spaniards £2.2m.

The loss of Adrian, Carroll and Nasri is believed to have slashed £205,000 per week from the wage bill. Fernandes and Perez got rid of another £95,000 per week off the books meaning that £300,000 a week, or £15.6m per year, has been slashed off the wage bill by Pellegrini so far so that means there is £55.8m for the manager to spend if he chooses to.

Edimilson Fernandes has joined Mainz for £8m (Image: FSV 1. Mainz)

There are expected to be further departures from the east of the capital which could increase the budget further for the manager to dip in to. Javier Hernandez could fetch around £8m if they manage to get rid of him and his whopping £140,000 a week wages. Reece Oxford is expected to join Augsburg for £3m, while Jordan Hugill and Pedro Obiang are likely to leave if their valuations are met.

Those last two could fetch a combined £15m so that would make a grand total of £70m for Pellegrini to have some fun with in the transfer market with his mate and director of football Mario Husillos.